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At 50, OPEC continues to reap big rewards

September 01, 2010 Category: Policy Tags: , , ,
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The aging cartel marks its golden anniversary having netted $8 trillion in export revenue More →

Anatomy of Alberta’s worst oil-well blowout

September 01, 2010 Category: Web Exclusives Tags: , , , , ,
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Atlantic No. 3 woke up a sleeping giant for regulators and policymakers alike More →

Remembering the Turner Valley Gas Plant

September 01, 2010 Category: Entrepreneurs Tags: , , , ,
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A movement is afoot to turn the industry cradle into a historic preserve More →

Oil patch history is writ small for a retired roughneck

September 01, 2010 Category: People Tags: , , ,
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Models of oilfield hardware offer a close-up look at very big equipment More →

The next boom could be in oil shale

August 04, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , ,
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Production potential for unconventional fuel is staggering, projections show More →

Oil sands fortunes run through Asia

August 03, 2010 Category: Web Exclusives Tags: , , , , ,
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A proposed pipeline to the Pacific has drawn suitors from South Korea to Singapore More →

Trouble on the Kalamazoo River

July 29, 2010 Category: Blog Tags: , ,
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There's never been a better time to denounce big business. But to what end? More →

Outward bound; European oil exports

July 28, 2010 Category: Charts Tags: , , ,
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Notwithstanding sales to U.S., the EU isn't a large-scale energy exporter More →

Addicts always turn on the pusher

July 15, 2010 Category: Blog Tags: , , ,
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Rethink Alberta ignores energy consumption patterns in the U.S. More →

What does 25,000 barrels of oil per day look like?

June 18, 2010 Category: Blog Tags: , ,
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Oddly, video game developers may have an answer More →

Chart of the Week

Alberta Oil Magazine chart of the week

Offshore drilling moves to the deep end

The proportion of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico first began to outpace drilling at shallower depths in the early 1980s, figures from the U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service show. The gap grew steadily until the late-1990s, when production from deepwater plays rose dramatically. The sudden increase in deepwater activity lends credence to the argument that oil is increasingly harder and more expensive to access.

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